Legal basis:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code
Article 1032 Natural persons have the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe upon the privacy rights of others by spying, harassing, exposing or making public.
Privacy is the private space, private activities and private information that natural people live in peace and don't want to be known by others.
Article 103 Unless otherwise provided by law or expressly agreed by the obligee, no organization or individual may commit the following acts:
(1) interfering with the private life and peace of others by means of telephone, short messages, instant messaging tools, e-mails, leaflets, etc. (2) Entering, photographing and spying on other people's private spaces such as houses and hotel rooms; (3) Photographing, spying, eavesdropping and revealing other people's private activities; (4) Photographing and spying on other people's private parts; (5) Handling other people's private information; (6) Infringement in other ways.
Article 1034 The personal information of natural persons is protected by law.
Personal information is all kinds of information recorded electronically or in other ways that can identify a specific natural person alone or in combination with other information, including natural person's name, date of birth, ID number, biometric information, address, telephone number, e-mail address, health information, whereabouts information, etc.